2018年秋《外贸函电》期末考试复习题

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2018

年秋《外贸函电》

期末考试复习题

一、单项选择题（本大题共

40

小题，每小题

3

分 ，共

120

分）

1. ________ and technology make one product less expensive for a nation to manufacture than another.

A. Source

B. Resources

C. Money

D. Cash

2. A ________ is a business with one owner.

A. sole proprietorship

B. partnership

C. corporation

D. joint venture

3. ________ means that the owner loses only the money he has put into the company and no more. He does not

have to sell personal belongings.

A. Limited liability

B. Unlimited liability

C. Partnership

D. Corporation

4. Inc. (Incorporated) is especially used in the USA, and ________ continues to be used worldwide for private

limited companies whose shares are not available.

A. Cop

B. Cor

C. Ultd

D. Ltd

5. PLC (Public Limited Company)

is now often used t

o show that the company’s

shares can be bought by the

________.

A. owner

B. public

C. shareholder

D. beneficiary

6. Centralized management is exercised by a small number of people, the Board of Directors, which is headed by

the Chairman (or, in the USA, the President) and decides the overall policy of the ________.

A. society

B. family

C. firm

D. world

7.

Investment

is

freely

transferable,

which

means

one

owner

can

sell

his

ownership

interests

to

an

________

without a change in the nature of the business.

A. investor

B. person

C. owner

D. outsider

8. A good business letter usually contains ________ compulsory parts with some optional elements.

A. two

B. six

C. ten

D. one hundred

9. The more popular sequence of dating today is ________.

A. date-month-year

B. year- date-month

C. month-year-date

D. date-year-month

10.

________

is

the

direct

addressing

to

the

receiver

of

the

letter

and

it

is

placed

below

the

inside

address

to

actually begin the letter, usually followed by a comma.

A. Salutation

B. Address

C. Date

D. Beginning

11. The letter body can be indented and ________.

A. block

B. blocked

C. dented

D. dent

12. I would like to draw your attention ________ our new detergent powders.

;.

.

A. forward

B. towards

C. for

D. on

13. We would welcome any further ________ you have, and look forward to hearing from you.

A. advices

B. answers

C. enquiries

D. suggests

14. As ________ are exchanged between email boxes, you don’t have to bother about the letterhead and the inside

address.

A. emails

B. faxes

C. SMS

D. letters

15. Any exporter who wants to sell his products in a foreign country or countries must first ________ a lot of

market research.

A. instruct

B. destruct

C. conduct

D. induct

16. The _______ price in our market is $$8 per case.

A. prevalence

B. prevailing

C. prevailed

D. prevail

17. A copy of the packing list should be attached to the outside of a package in a ________ envelope marked

“packing list enclosed”.

A. oversized

B. orange

C. waterproof

D. apparent

18. I would like to know if it is possible to make ________ online.

A. shipping

B. bought

C. price

D. purchases

19. We are now writing to you to ________ long-term trade relations.

A. publish

B. establish

C. protect

D. lavish

20. We are sure you will find a ________ sale for our products in Canada as our other retailers through Europe

and the USA.

A. tough

B. rough

C. bad

D. ready

21. Please let us know if we may be ________ further assistance.

A. for

B. of

C. to

D. at

22. We would be ________ if you could send us full details about your products.

A. wonderful

B. hopeful

C. regretful

D. grateful

23. If your prices are competitive and your goods ________ to our standard, we shall order on a regular basis.

A. up

B. below

C. about

D. in

24. We find it impossible to ask our end users to ________ the delayed delivery.

A. receive

B. allow

C. refuse

D. accept

25. ________ you be ready to reduce your price by 3%, we might come to business.

A. Should

;.

B. Ought

C. Will

D. Ought to

.

26. As a token of ________, we accept your counter- offer.

A. friendship

B. problem

C. hatred

D. resentment

27.

I

would

be

grateful

if

you

could

________

for

one

of

your

representatives

to

call

me

within

the

next

two

weeks.

A. urge

B. tell

C. arrange

D. force

28. I would appreciate more ________ about the discounts you supply.

A. attentions

B. agreements

C. defaults

D. details

29. We would like to know your earliest date of delivery and on ________ term you can give us a discount.

A. how

B. when

C. what

D. where

30. Thank you for your enquiry ________ 5 June.

A. by

B. of

C. in

D. to

31. All prices quoted are ________ to a 25% trade discount.

A. subjective

B. subject

C. subjected

D. subjecting

32. Your order of 30 tea sets of crockery should be ________ in five crates.

A. package

B. pack

C. packed

D. packing

33. We are completely ________ stock of the raw material.

A. out of

B. before

C. regard to

D. up to

34. It will be at least one month ________ we get our next delivery.

A. out of

B. before

C. regard to

D. up to

35. As our factory is closing for the one-week National Day holidays, I am sorry to say that we must ________

your order.

A. turn up

B. turn in

C. turn over

D. turn down

36. We have pleasure in advising you that I have ________ my bank to credit

￡

1,000 to your account with Bank

of China.

A. instructive

B. instruct

C. instructed

D. instructing

37. I'll very much appreciate it ________ this can be done within this week.

A. as

B. if

C. only

D. for

38. I'm writing for a ________ of

￡

10.000 to buy additional equipment to expand production.

A. cash

B. loan

C. currency

D. money

39. I sincerely apologize for my oversight in not realizing that I had a ________ balance in my current account.

A. transform

;.

B. transit

C. debt

D. good

.

40. The 10 crates ________ on SS Tianjin are marked with

“HANDLE WITH CARE”.

A. loader

B. load

C. loaded

D. loading

二、填空题（本大题共

25

小题，每小题

2

分，共< /p>

50

分）

1.

阅读下列信函，从方框中选择

5

个词并 用其适当的形式填入空白处。

Letter 1

Dear Mr. Flintstone,

As we have learned from Mr. Zhong, our business (1)

, you are a (2)

of cheese products

in America.

We are a well-established retailer based in Hong Kong, with (3)

throughout China. And right now

we

are

in

the

market

for

dairy

products.

We

would

be

grateful

if

you

could

send

us

full

details

about

your

products.

Besides, we would like to know your earliest date of delivery and on what (4)

you can give us a

discount if you are able to (5)

any.

If you price is competitive and your goods are up to our standard, we shall order on a regular basis.

Yours sincerely,

Kenneth Beare

Director of Ken’s Cheese House

Letter 2

arrange

Dear Miss Wang,

Thank you for your fax of 19 May. Please find (6)

our order No. 88694 for five EMC 180 Scanners.

We

would

like

to

(7)

that

the

payment

for

this

initial

order

will

be

made

by

banker’s

draft

on

(8)

. We will take advantage of the 30-day credit (9)

for any subsequent orders.

We would appreciate it if you could (10)

for the scanners to be shipped as soon as possible.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

Jane Swift

Chief Buyer

;.

manufacture

outlet

grant

associate

term

delivery

period

enclose

confirm

.

Letter 3

expand

Dear Mr. Kingsbury,

We are dealing in (11)

trade of electrical appliances. We would be interested in selling your product,

Bharat Fans through our retail (12)

. We guarantee you that we are able to help you to (13)

your

market.

Could you, therefore, send us your (14)

and let us know the terms and conditions of (15)

.

Thank you very much. We are looking forward to your reply.

Yours faithfully,

Mark Brooke

Sales Manager

Letter 4

Dear Sirs,

Thank you for your letter dated May 5. We were glad to know that the consignment was delivered promptly,

but it was with our much regret that we heard Case No. 23 did not (16)

the goods you ordered.

On

going

into

the

(17)

we

find

that

a

mistake

was

indeed

made

through

a

(18)

of

numbers and we have arranged for the right goods to be (19)

to you at once.

Please keep Case No. 23 and its contents until called for by our Commercial Counselor’s Office, whom we

have informed of the matter (20)

.

We are very sorry for the trouble caused by the error.

Yours faithfully,

John Will

Sales Director

Letter 5

Dear Mr Davis,

;.

quotation

retail

showroom

payment

dispatch

matter

according

contain

confusion

transportation

perfect

wooden

improvement

inform

.

We are glad to (21)

you that 100 cases of hand drills you shipped to Sydney on 1

st

July have arrived

in (22)

condition. It shows that you have made great (23)

in packing.

As for the hand drills to be shipped to us, we would like you to have them packed in boxes of 2 dozen each,

50 boxes to a (24)

case. We are certain that you will give special care to the packing in order to avoid any

damage in the process of (25)

.

Please let us know by cable if you can meet our requirements.

Regards,

Emily McPhee

Sales Director

三、名词翻译（本大题共

18

小题，每小题

5

分，共

90

分）

将下列术语翻译成相应的英语或汉语。

1.

pay against quarterly statement

2.

small profit margin

3.

documents against acceptance

4.

open account facilities

5.

irrevocable L/C

6.

goods on approval

7.

circular letter

8.

stock a selection of

9.

try a new line out

10.

光票托收

11.

上海抵岸价

12.

结关手续

13.

空运提单

14.

托收行

15.

分期付款

16.

小册子

17.

独资经营

18.

股票上市公司

四、句子翻译（本大题 共

20

小题，每小题

5

分，共

100

分）

将下列句子翻译成

相应的英语或汉语。

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